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Bernardo Houssay
Showing how pituitary hormones affect blood sugar and diabetes.
Pituitary and blood sugar · Nobel Prize
- Born
- 10 April 1887
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- 21 September 1971
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Bernardo Houssay
Bernardo Houssay was an Argentine physiologist whose experiments clarified the hormonal control of carbohydrate metabolism. He shared the 1947 medicine Nobel.
Early life
Early university entry
Entered pharmacy studies at fourteen before training in medicine.
Research beginnings
Worked in physiology while still a medical student.
Career
- 1910s
Medical research
Studied pituitary extracts and taught physiology.
- 1919–1943
Buenos Aires institute
Led a university department that became an important centre for experimental medicine.
- 1940s–1971
Independent and national research
Continued after political dismissal and helped develop Argentina’s research institutions.
Contributions
Pituitary and blood sugar
Showed that the anterior pituitary influenced diabetes in experimental animals.
Nobel Prize
Shared the medicine award with Carl and Gerty Cori.
CONICET
Became the first president of Argentina’s national scientific research council.
Beyond work
Scientific family
Married chemist María Angélica Catán; their children also entered scientific and medical work.
Academic freedom
Continued research outside the university after removal under military rule.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Institutional source ↗Photo: Desconocido. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
